warp
verb
[ wɔːp ]
• make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.
• "moisture had warped the box"
Similar:
buckle,
twist,
bend,
distort,
deform,
misshape,
malform,
curve,
make/become crooked/curved,
flex,
bow,
arch,
contort,
gnarl,
kink,
wrinkle,
• (with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore.
• "crew and passengers helped warp the vessels through the shallow section"
• (in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth.
• "cotton string will be warped on the loom in the rug-weaving process"
• cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding.
• "the main canal may be cut so as to warp the lands on each side of it"
warp
noun
• a twist or distortion in the shape of something.
• "the head of the racket had a curious warp"
• (in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth.
• "the warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles"
• a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
• alluvial sediment; silt.
• "the warp or muddy deposit dug from an old riverbed"
Origin:
Old English weorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werpen and German werfen ‘to throw’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit with a missile’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English. The noun was originally a term in weaving (see warp (sense 2 of the noun)).
